. Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York . ysters,after proper replanting, are ready for market. It will be seen by this that the value of lands under water for oyster purposes de-pends in a very large measure upon the cultivation and not upon their intrinsic State of New York possesses oyster property unequaled, perhaps, by any NorthernState, with an abundance of territory in Long Island Sound suitable for the cultivationof seed ; it has large areas of shallow water in bays and harbors, where oysters ofincomparable flavor can be fa
. Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York . ysters,after proper replanting, are ready for market. It will be seen by this that the value of lands under water for oyster purposes de-pends in a very large measure upon the cultivation and not upon their intrinsic State of New York possesses oyster property unequaled, perhaps, by any NorthernState, with an abundance of territory in Long Island Sound suitable for the cultivationof seed ; it has large areas of shallow water in bays and harbors, where oysters ofincomparable flavor can be fattened for market. Many of the oysters famous through-out this country, and even in Europe, are the direct product of the waters of the Stateof New York; this is especially so of the Blue Point oyster and those that are mar-keted from Rockaway. If one considers for a moment the rapid growth of this indus-try in this State since the passage of the Act of 1886, and will think for a moment ofthe advantages possessed by this State, they can readily understand that all that is m w &ii# ^»r. AMERICAN LOBSTER (Hoinants Americanos) FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 59 needed to make the State of New York the greatest Northern oyster-producing Stateis liberal legislation and proper attention to oyster interests. The most important work in my department other than the settlement of these dis-putes as to the natural-growth beds of oysters was the survey of Jamaica Bay. ThisBay, where 500 men make a living in the oyster business, is especially suited for thegrowth of oysters for market. Oysters will not reproduce themselves in Jamaica Bay,and must be brought there as seed; but when transplanted, thrive wonderfully, and,being of excellent flavor, are readily marketed. Oyster culture has been carried on for a long time in this bay; the town granted aform of lease which, while very good in its way, gave the oystermen but little protec-tion, and the recent change of the law, and the opinion of the
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